First, the text of the current standard editions of Apollonius’ works—as a simple Unicode text file, as an MS Word file, and as a PDF file (which I recommend for printing). To download a file without opening it, right-click on the link and choose Save Link As… The first three treatises have been edited by Richard Schneider; the Syntax is due to Gustav Uhlig. (Publication details may be found in the Bibliography of Editions.)

This is the first edition of Apollonius’ Syntax, and the first book of Apollonius in print. The Aldine—named after the printer Aldus Manutius—is no easy read for the novice, because it imitates the look of a Renaissance manuscript and uses a panoply of abbreviations. Before downloading the entire file, the prospective reader might thus want to try a test page—for instance, the very beginning. (For ease of reference, I have added bookmarks and numbered the pages; the Syntax starts on page 213.)

Excellent critical edition of the Syntax by Friedrich Sylburg, with a Latin translation by François Portus. Thanks to the discovery of (an apograph of) Paris. gr. 2548, Sylburg’s text is more complete than Manutius’, for it includes Synt. 2.191.4–246.3 and 4.478.10–end. (For ease of reference, I added again bookmarks.)

The περὶ ἀντωνυμίαс was first edited by Emanuel Bekker in 1811. It was Bekker’s first edition; he was a mere 26 years old. In the praemonitum, Friedrich August Wolf, with Philipp Buttmann co-editor of the series, rightly praised the work of his pupil in the highest terms. Barely two years later, Bekker’s edition was reprinted. The two editions differ only minimally: text and layout are the same, but the reprint has in addition a more extensive index mendorum on the last page. The pagination is also new: in the edition of 1811, the text starts at page 261; in the reprint it starts at page 1.

After his second voyage to Paris in 1815, Bekker published what was to become the standard edition of the Syntax for the next hundred years. The work is dedicated to his friend and ξένοс Maximilien Séguier. (Bookmarks signal the beginning of each book.)

Paul Maas edited only the first part of the treatise (i.e. Pron. 3.3–49.7). His edition is based on Schneider’s: Maas had not seen the manuscript (v. praefatio). The work is notorious for the great number of deletions; the most widely discussed is at the very beginning where Maas considered it indispensable to excise a discussion of Aristarchus’ definition and of Dionysodorus’ appellation of pronouns (Pron. 3.12–3.19). Youthful and stimulating.